23 Facts About Michaelia Cash

Michaelia Cash has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2008 and is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Michaelia Cash was born on 19 July 1970 in Subiaco, Western Australia.

Michaelia Cash is one of four children born to Ursula Clare Yelland and Samuel Ernest "George" Cash.

Michaelia Cash was educated at Iona Presentation College, a Catholic school in Mosman Park.

Michaelia Cash graduated from Curtin University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts with a triple major in public relations, politics, and journalism.

Michaelia Cash holds an Honours Degree in Law from the University of London and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Western Australia.

Michaelia Cash was an executive member of the Curtin University Young Liberals from 1988 to 1990 and then the Western Australian Young Liberal Movement where she held numerous positions including State Vice-President.

Michaelia Cash was a long-time member of the Liberal Party of Western Australia's State Council and was the President of the Moore Division.

Michaelia Cash practised in all areas of employment and industrial law including industrial relations, employee relations, occupational health and safety, equal opportunity, executive employment and unfair dismissal.

Michaelia Cash won preselection for the Liberal Party Senate ticket in 2007 and went on to be elected to the Federal Parliament at the 2007 federal election.

Michaelia Cash contested the election as the number three candidate of the Liberal Senate ticket in Western Australia.

Since joining Federal Parliament, Michaelia Cash has served on numerous Senate Committees and held the role of Temporary Chair of Committees from February to September 2010.

In September 2010, while in opposition, Michaelia Cash was elevated to the roles of Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration.

Michaelia Cash advised the Senate Estimates that a staffer of hers found out about the raid from "a media source" and then spread the word to more journalists, having previously denied to an Estimates hearing on the previous day that her office had any involvement.

Michaelia Cash was ordered to turn over documents in her department relating to the raid.

Michaelia Cash has been criticised for refusing to release a report into an 18-year-old who died while on a Work for the Dole assignment in April 2016.

At the time, Michaelia Cash promised to release the report within a month, as of April 2018 the final report was not completed, and an internal report to Michaelia Cash completed in September 2016 had not been released.

Michaelia Cash offered her resignation from the frontbench on 22 August 2018, during the events of the Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2018.

Michaelia Cash was then appointed the Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education in the First Morrison Ministry.

Michaelia Cash's comments were widely ridiculed and followed comments from her ACT Liberal counterparts that the federal government shouldn't interfere with ACT's laws.

In May 2024, Michaelia Cash accused Labor senator Fatima Payman of supporting terrorists and tried to force Penny Wong to say whether Payman had been reprimanded for her comments in supporting Palestine during which Payman accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinian in Gaza during the Gaza war, and Payman use of the phrase 'from the river to the sea Palestine will be free'.

Michaelia Cash is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party.

Michaelia Cash was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 25, which progressed into psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.